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Seinfeld is still current, despite the fact that it officially ended almost 14 years ago, don’t you think? I think there is probably at least one occasion a day that something happens, which is immediately followed by, “That’s like on that Seinfeld episode when….”

Kramer has that idea to open a “Make Your Own Pizza” shop

George fought all day for a parking spot on principle

George had to erase that embarrassing message off that answering machine

that guy in Elaine’s office was hard of hearing, or was he? Or the germophobe was afraid of her because she was promiscuous

that girl had a “Tractor Story”

the brain played chess with the…you know, a certain male bodypart

Ok, so maybe these aren’t the most obvious choices to you, but I challenge you to make some comparisons as you go about your daily routine.

I was reminded of the episode where Elaine is supposed to call her friend to console her and she chooses moments when she’s on the move or distracted, on a “mobile” phone and not really giving her time the attention she deserves. She spends the whole episode trying to get ahold of her while Jerry tells her how rude it is to make calls like that on the go. Whoops. Either times are different now or everyone I know is a jerk.

Even on the comedy Sirius stations, I’ll hear Jerry now and then and his stand-up still holds true. His puns are so obvious and simple, but always coming from a valid observation. Only now, I can picture a little bumble bee telling jokes instead of Jerry himself. The high pitched squealing excitement that sounds slightly panicked at all times.

Do you think he relays his day in the same way when he goes home and talks to his wife?

“You’ll never believe this, the guy, down the hallway, he thinks he can walk past me and just nod without saying hello? Well I’ll show him, next time we get on the elevator, I’m going to push all the buttons and make he talk to me. Helllllloooo, la la la.”

Maybe he has a little laugh track app on his phone to follow up his little daily puns or observations when he walks around his home. He seems like he might be cheesy like that. I also imagine him to be pretty OCD, keeping his cereal boxes in alphabetical order.

Seinfeld was one of those things that any age could relate to, because the humor was pretty universal but put in odd character situations and usually embarrassing ones. The routine always went full circle, so it was impossible to get lost and who doesn’t like goofy keyboard music? My 97 year old Great-Grandmom and I used to watch it together and laugh. “Oh, that George” she’d say. I suppose we are avid fans. My husband went far enough to make a festivus pole for laughs last year. Grandmom insists it’s a stripper pole.